Visiting with Investors – Getting Smarter on Issues.

Each year about this time, I make a trip to the East Coast of the US to meet with key leaders in the Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) industry. I’ve been doing this now for almost a decade – it’s turned … Continue reading

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Conference saturation point

Just a short blog post this time. I speak at a lot of conferences on the broad topic of CSR, or environment, supply chain, ethics, etc. A few years ago it got a little too much for one person to … Continue reading

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Lest you think all things go swimmingly in our CSR efforts, they don’t….

Case in point: one of our projects here in the U.S., which I thought had great promise is stuggling, not because of anything Intel did, but because of the real estate dip here in the US and perhaps some other … Continue reading

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My Five Tips for Getting Employees Involved in CSR – What’s Your Sixth?

I like what Alice Shell wrote in her blog: “In terms of a talent management practice, satisfied employees are productive employees and have high retention rates. Attention to corporate social responsibility is not just good citizenship, it’s good business.” I … Continue reading

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“It is now possible to prevent human error in blood transfusions….”

They’re not my words. They are from the Malaysia newspaper, the New Straits Times reporting on a new product jointly launched this week by Siemens Malaysia and Intel Malaysia that’s sure to improve blood supply tracking in Asia. “The product, … Continue reading

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Intel and AIM team up on Corporate Responsibility Award

We figure one the most effective ways to be an evangelist for excellence in corporate responsibility is to honor and recognize those companies and organizations that are doing outstanding work in this area. Intel and the Asian Institute of Management … Continue reading

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Making technology with a mind towards the environment

My colleague Todd Brady, Intel’s Corporate Environmental manager did a good job of summarizing some of Intel’s latest efforts to reduce the impact of our products and operations on the environment. Listen to the pod cast.

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Do Good – Or Else??

I knew a long ago I would never make it as a newspaper editor. I just can’t come up with headlines like this – I’ve never been able to. This one grabbed my attention this morning. I noticed it in … Continue reading

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A mortal dilemma….

Sometimes Community Solutions (ComSol) projects are so good we have to be careful we don’t get in trouble because of their sensitivities… Take our work wrapping up in an Israeli hospice center as an example. The project developed from personal … Continue reading

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